Andrew Mack (actor)

Andrew Mack

Andrew Mack, born William Andrew McAloon, (July 25, 1863^[1] – May 21, 1931^[2]) was an American vaudevillian, actor, singer and songwriter of Irish descent.^[1] A native of Boston, Massachusetts, he began his career at an early age in 1876 using the stage name Andrew Williams.^[3] He began in minstrel shows, and was especially associated with the song "A Violet From Mother's Grave".^[4][5] In 1892, he debuted in vaudeville.^[6]

He composed songs for himself to sing. In 1899, he composed the popular song "The Story of the Rose (Heart of My Heart)" which became a standard of barbershop quartets.^[7]

References

1. Floyd Davis (August 1909). "The Irish People and the Stage". The Green Book Album. Story-Press association. II (2): 305; 381.
2. "Obituary: Andrew Mack". Variety. May 27, 1931. Retrieved 2015-01-14. Online at Internet Archive.
3. Thomas S. Hischak (2004). The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. Oxford University Press. p. 407. ISBN 978-0-19-516986-7.
4. Marian Spitzer (2002) [1925]. "The Lay of the Last Minstrels". In Karl Koenig. Jazz in Print (1859–1929). Pendragon Press. p. 397. ISBN 978-1-57647-024-4.
5. Edward Le Roy Rice (1911). Monarchs of Minstrelsy, from "Daddy" Rice to date. Kenny Publishing Co. p. 315.
6. Stanley Appelbaum; James Camner (2013). Stars of the American Musical Theater in Historic Photographs. Courier Corporation. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-486-14930-1.
7. "The Story of the Rose". Heritage of Harmony Sheet Music. 1988. Retrieved 2015-01-14 – via Barbershop.org.

External links

• Andrew Mack at the Internet Broadway Database
  
• Andrew Mack discography at UC Santa Barbara Library, Discography of American Historical Recordings
• Sheet music for "The Story of the Rose" at Johns Hopkins University, Levy Sheet Music Collection